Chapter
21, Miscellaneous
290.
If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a greater
happiness, let the wise man renounce the lesser, having regard
for the greater.
291.
Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who seeks his own happiness
by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred.
292.
The cankers only increase for those who are arrogant and heedless,
who leave undone what should be done and do what should not
be done.
293.
The cankers cease for those mindful and clearly comprehending
ones who always earnestly practice mindfulness of the body,
who do not resort to what should not be done, and steadfastly
pursue what should be done.
294.
Having slain mother (craving), father (self-conceit), two warrior-kings
(eternalism and nihilism), and destroyed a country (sense organs
and sense objects) together with its treasurer (attachment and
lust), ungrieving goes the holy man.
295.
Having slain mother, father, two Brahmin kings (two extreme
views), and a tiger as the fifth (the five mental hindrances),
ungrieving goes the holy man.
296.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night
constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the
Buddha.
297.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night
constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the
Dharma.
298.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night
constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the
Sangha.
299.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night
constantly practice Mindfulness of the Body.
300.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds by
day and night delight in the practice of non-violence.
301.
Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds by
day and night delight in the practice of meditation.
302.
Difficult is life as a monk; difficult is it to delight therein.
Also difficult and sorrowful is the household life. Suffering
comes from association with unequals; suffering comes from wandering
in samsara. Therefore, be not an aimless wanderer, be not a
pursuer of suffering.
303.
He who is full of faith and virtue, and possesses good repute
and wealth — he is respected everywhere, in whatever land
he travels.
304.
The good shine from afar, like the Himalaya mountains. But the
wicked are unseen, like arrows shot in the night.
305.
He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous
and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude
of the forest.
